MPX Port

MPX Port is a notional coal export proposal being promoted by MPX Colombia, a subsidiary of MPX Energia SA which in turn is a subsidiary of the diversified EBX Group. MPX Colombia states that a coal export port which it proposed would be located within a 521 hectare concession on the Colombian Atlantic coast "about 150 km from its [coal] concessions in La Guajira. The company states that the port "will have capacity of up to 20 million tons/year and a depth of 20 meters, thus being able to handle capsize vessels."

The project is intended to cater for the output from the company's proposed Canaverales mine and Papayal mine. MPX aim to export coal for coal fired power stations is owns and operates in Chile and Brazil.

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